A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
French and French-language Films
Alix Arrault, Martin Hermane, Samuel Klughertz, Jules Rigolle, “Parfum Fraise” (2017) You can renounce a lifetime of crime and violence, and try to live a quiet…
French and French-language Films
Arthur Chaumay, “J’attends la nuit” (2018) A delightfully ambiguous and dark short, with stunning animation that looks so realistic and which perfectly captures the atmosphere of…
French and French-language Films
Nathan Otano, Remy Clarke, Leila Courtillon, “Quand j’ai remplace Camille” (2017) A deftly made short animated film, notable for its use of bright red and shades…
French and French-language Films
Julie Bousquet, Estelle Hocquet, Catherine Manesse, “Caldeira” (2018) A short animated study of sibling rivalry and long-standing jealousy that can have dire consequences, this little film…
French and French-language Films
Simon Duong Van Huyen, Joel Durand, Thibault Leclercq, Valentin Lucas, Andrei Sitari, “Hors de l’eau” (2018) A very well-made short film combining animation with some live…
French and French-language Films
Nicholas Olivieri, Shen Yi, Juliana De Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu, “Best Friend” (2019) In the not-so-distant future, a lonely unnamed man find solace in a…
French and French-language Films
Ines Scheiber, Jules Durand, Julien Becquer, Elena Dupressoir, Viviane Guimaraes, “Memo” (2017) A very touching film on Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on sufferers’ daily lives,…
French and French-language Films
Wladyslaw Starewicz, “The Mascot / Fétiche Mascotte ” (1933) An amazing and brilliant short work of stop-motion animation, “The Mascot” is one of several masterpieces made…
French and French-language Films
Julie Bertuccelli, “Claire Darling / La derniere folie de Claire Darling” (2018) On the first day of summer in a small village somewhere in France, an…
British Films, French and French-language Films
Rupert Everett, “The Happy Prince” (2018) A labour of love, of much research over the years on the life and work of Irish-British writer Oscar Wilde,…